Living Legend Rita Moreno: On Life, Being Latina, Hollywood & More

She’s truly Hollywood royalty. A legend really. But before Rita Moreno became Anita in the West Side Story, and the first Latina ever to be awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, over her long and successful career as an actress, singer and a dancer, she was just another immigrant in a new country by the name of Rosita Dolores Alverío. Personally, I’ve always known about her as a legend, but that was pretty much it. Her background story was something I’d only heard very little about. Read More